The effect of atomic electrons on nuclear fission

TL;DR

This paper calculates how atomic electrons slightly stabilize nuclei during fission, providing an analytical correction to the fission barrier that can aid future nuclear research.

Contribution

It introduces an analytical correction for the influence of atomic electrons on nuclear fission barriers, a novel approach for nuclear calculations.

Findings

Atomic electrons have a small stabilizing effect on nuclei.

The correction increases the predicted lifetime in the fission channel.

The analytical form facilitates future nuclear modeling.

Abstract

We calculate correction to the nuclear fission barrier produced by the atomic electrons. The result presented in analytical form is convenient to use in future nuclear calculations. The atomic electrons have a small stabilizing effect on nuclei, increasing lifetime in nuclear fission channel. This effect gives a new instrument to study the fission process.